City of God(Cidade de Dues) is a Foreign film which falls under the Crime and Drama hybrid genre. It was directed by fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund and released in 2002.Throughout the entire film we see the themes develop. Power, Poverty and Conflict are key themes that many audiences can identify with. These 3 main themes all link cohesively. Poverty is presented through the situations they find themselves in and the environment they are surrounded by.This instantly has an effect on the characters in the film like Rocket and Lil' Ze , who are the protagonist and antagonist in the film. They have contrasting reactions to the situations they are put in.From the offset we can see that lil ze is going to have a negative reaction to his social status and place in society
